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