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