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