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