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