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