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