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