Short answer: Chicorée takes the article der (der Chicorée). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “chicory” in English.
Chicorée: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Chicory
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Chicorée take der?
No suffix rule covers Chicorée, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Chicorée as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Chicorée as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Chicorée” but “der Chicorée”.

