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