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