Short answer: Nachbar takes the article der (der Nachbar). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “neighbor” in English.
Nachbar: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Neighbor
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Nachbar take der?
No suffix rule covers Nachbar, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Nachbar as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Nachbar as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Nachbar” but “der Nachbar”.
