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