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