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