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