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

