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