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