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