Short answer: Klingel takes the article die (die Klingel). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “bell” in English.
Klingel: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Bell
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Klingel take die?
No suffix rule covers Klingel, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Klingel as something red.
See the article rules →Klingel in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Klingel |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Klingel |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Klingel |
