Pass on German article (3)
I believe the answer is:
die
I believe this clue is a double definition.
'pass on' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)
'german article' is the second definition.
(Other definitions for die that I've seen before include "One of a pair of dice" , "Fail" , "One spotted" , "It may be used in a game" , "one proverbially straight" .)