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