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