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