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