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