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