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