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