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