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