Findling: der, die or das?
derFindling
Erratic boulder
Short answer: Findling takes the article der (der Findling). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “erratic boulder” in English.
Findling: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Erratic boulder
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Findling take der?
Nouns ending in -ling usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 5 of 5 such words take der (100%).
See the article rules →Findling in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Findling |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Findling |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Findling |
