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