Short answer: Keller takes the article der (der Keller). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “cellar” in English.
Keller: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Cellar
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Keller take der?
Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 179 of 221 such words take der (80%).
See the article rules →Keller in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Keller |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Keller |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Keller |
