Schmetterling: der, die or das?
derSchmetterling
Butterfly
Short answer: Schmetterling takes the article der (der Schmetterling). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “butterfly” in English.
Schmetterling: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Butterfly
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Schmetterling take der?
Nouns ending in -ling usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 5 of 5 such words take der (100%).
See the article rules →Schmetterling in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Schmetterling |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Schmetterling |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Schmetterling |
