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