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