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

