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