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