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