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