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.
See the article rules →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 |

