Short answer: Serviette takes the article die (die Serviette). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “napkin” in English.
Serviette: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Napkin
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Serviette take die?
Nouns ending in -ette usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 10 of 12 such words take die (83%).
See the article rules →Serviette in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Serviette |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Serviette |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Serviette |
