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

