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