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