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