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