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