Marmor: der, die or das?
derMarmor
Marble
Short answer: Marmor takes the article der (der Marmor). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “marble” in English.
Marmor: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Marble
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Marmor take der?
Nouns ending in -or usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 12 of 13 such words take der (92%).
See the article rules →Marmor in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Marmor |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Marmor |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Marmor |
