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