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