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