Short answer: Held takes the article der (der Held). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “hero” in English.
Held: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Hero
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Held take der?
No suffix rule covers Held, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Held as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Held as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Held” but “der Held”.
