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