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