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