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