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