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