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