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