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