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