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