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