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