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