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

