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