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