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