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