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