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