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