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