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