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