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