Short answer: Fabel takes the article die (die Fabel). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “fable” in English.
Fabel: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Fable
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Fabel take die?
No suffix rule covers Fabel, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Fabel as something red.
See the article rules →Fabel in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Fabel |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Fabel |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Fabel |
