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