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

