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