Illustration of the A1 German word “der Artikel”, which translates to “article”. A giant blank newspaper unfolding in a meadow, each empty page blooming into a field of wildflowers as a reader sits happily on the crease.
A giant blank newspaper unfolding in a meadow, each empty page blooming into a field of wildflowers as a reader sits happily on the crease.

der Artikel

A1 · noun

article

[deːɐ̯ aʁˈtɪkl̩]

Plural

Plural die Artikel

Artikel in a sentence

Examples

Ich lese einen interessanten Artikel online.

I am reading an interesting article online.

"Der" ist ein bestimmter Artikel auf Deutsch.

"Der" is a definite article in German.

How to remember it

Very similar to 'article' in English. You read an 'ARTIKEL' in the newspaper, just like an 'article'.

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