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