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