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