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