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