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