Short answer: Fels takes the article der (der Fels). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “rock” in English.
Fels: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Rock
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Fels take der?
No suffix rule covers Fels, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Fels as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Fels as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Fels” but “der Fels”.
