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

