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