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Bacon: der, die or das?

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Bacon

maskulin · masculineFood and drinkLevel: Beginner

Short answer: Bacon takes the article der (der Bacon). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “bacon” in English.

Bacon: word facts

Article
der
Gender
maskulin (masculine)
English
Bacon
Topic
Food and drink
Yupo level
Beginner

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Why does Bacon take der?

No suffix rule covers Bacon, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Bacon as something blue.

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Bacon in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?der Bacon
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?den Bacon
Dativindirect object: to whom?dem Bacon

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