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