Short answer: E-Mail takes the article die (die E-Mail). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “E-mail” in English.
E-Mail: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does E-Mail take die?
No suffix rule covers E-Mail, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture E-Mail as something red.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture E-Mail as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “E-Mail” but “die E-Mail”.
