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