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