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