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