Schwanz: der, die or das?
derSchwanz
Tail
Short answer: Schwanz takes the article der (der Schwanz). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “tail” in English.
Schwanz: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Tail
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Schwanz take der?
Exception: most nouns ending in -anz take die, but Schwanz takes der. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Schwanz in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Schwanz |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Schwanz |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Schwanz |
