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