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