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