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