Elefant: der, die or das?
derElefant
Elephant
Short answer: Elefant takes the article der (der Elefant). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “elephant” in English.
Elefant: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Elephant
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Elefant take der?
No suffix rule covers Elefant, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Elefant as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Elefant as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Elefant” but “der Elefant”.
