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