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