Short answer: Rat takes the article der (der Rat). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “council” in English.
Rat: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Council
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Rat take der?
No suffix rule covers Rat, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Rat as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Rat as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Rat” but “der Rat”.
