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