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

