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

