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