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