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