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