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