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