Reiher: der, die or das?
derReiher
Heron
Short answer: Reiher takes the article der (der Reiher). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “heron” in English.
Reiher: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Heron
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Reiher take der?
Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 179 of 221 such words take der (80%).
See the article rules →Reiher in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Reiher |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Reiher |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Reiher |
