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