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