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