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