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