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