Short answer: Tafel takes the article die (die Tafel). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “blackboard” in English.
Tafel: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Blackboard
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Tafel take die?
No suffix rule covers Tafel, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Tafel as something red.
See the article rules →Tafel in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Tafel |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Tafel |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Tafel |
