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