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