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