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