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Fleck: der, die or das?

derFleck

Stain

maskulin · masculineHome and daily lifeLevel: Beginner

Short answer: Fleck takes the article der (der Fleck). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “stain” in English.

Fleck: word facts

Article
der
Gender
maskulin (masculine)
English
Stain
Topic
Home and daily life
Yupo level
Beginner

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Why does Fleck take der?

No suffix rule covers Fleck, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Fleck as something blue.

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Fleck in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?der Fleck
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?den Fleck
Dativindirect object: to whom?dem Fleck

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