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