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