Short answer: Aubergine takes the article die (die Aubergine). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “eggplant” in English.
Aubergine: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Eggplant
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Aubergine take die?
Nouns ending in -ine usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 21 of 21 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Aubergine in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Aubergine |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Aubergine |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Aubergine |
