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