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