Short answer: Schnee takes the article der (der Schnee). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “snow” in English.
Schnee: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Snow
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Schnee take der?
No suffix rule covers Schnee, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Schnee as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Schnee as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Schnee” but “der Schnee”.
