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