Short answer: Uhr takes the article die (die Uhr). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “clock” in English.
Uhr: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Clock
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Uhr take die?
No suffix rule covers Uhr, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Uhr as something red.
See the article rules →Uhr in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Uhr |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Uhr |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Uhr |
