Short answer: Gans takes the article die (die Gans). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “goose” in English.
Gans: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Goose
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Gans take die?
No suffix rule covers Gans, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Gans as something red.
See the article rules →Gans in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Gans |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Gans |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Gans |
