Staat: der, die or das?
derStaat
State
Short answer: Staat takes the article der (der Staat). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “state” in English.
Staat: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- State
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Staat take der?
No suffix rule covers Staat, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Staat as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Staat as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Staat” but “der Staat”.
