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