Ehemann: der, die or das?
derEhemann
Husband
Short answer: Ehemann takes the article der (der Ehemann). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “husband” in English.
Ehemann: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Husband
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Ehemann take der?
No suffix rule covers Ehemann, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Ehemann as something blue.
See the article rules →Ehemann in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Ehemann |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Ehemann |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Ehemann |
