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