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