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