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