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