Short answer: Schaschlik takes the article der (der Schaschlik). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “shashlik” in English.
Schaschlik: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Shashlik
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Schaschlik take der?
Exception: most nouns ending in -ik take die, but Schaschlik takes der. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Schaschlik in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Schaschlik |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Schaschlik |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Schaschlik |
