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