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