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