Marienkäfer: der, die or das?
derMarienkäfer
Ladybug
Short answer: Marienkäfer takes the article der (der Marienkäfer). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “ladybug” in English.
Marienkäfer: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Ladybug
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Marienkäfer take der?
Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 179 of 221 such words take der (80%).
See the article rules →Marienkäfer in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Marienkäfer |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Marienkäfer |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Marienkäfer |
