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