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