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