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