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