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

