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