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