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