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

