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