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