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