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