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