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

