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