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