Short answer: Muschel takes the article die (die Muschel). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “mussel, shell” in English.
Muschel: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Mussel, shell
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Muschel take die?
No suffix rule covers Muschel, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Muschel as something red.
See the article rules →Muschel in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Muschel |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Muschel |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Muschel |
