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