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