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