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