Spur: der, die or das?
dieSpur
Trace, track; lane
Short answer: Spur takes the article die (die Spur). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “trace, track; lane” in English.
Spur: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Trace, track; lane
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Spur take die?
No suffix rule covers Spur, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Spur as something red.
See the article rules →Spur in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Spur |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Spur |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Spur |
