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