Short answer: Obelisk takes the article der (der Obelisk). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “obelisk” in English.
Obelisk: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Obelisk
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Obelisk take der?
No suffix rule covers Obelisk, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Obelisk as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Obelisk as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Obelisk” but “der Obelisk”.
