Short answer: Farfalle is used in the plural in German, and plural nouns always take die in the nominative (die Farfalle). It means “farfalle” in English.
Farfalle: word facts
- Article
- die (plural)
- Gender
- plural noun
- English
- Farfalle
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Farfalle take die?
This word is used in the plural in German. In the nominative, plural nouns always take die.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Farfalle as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Farfalle” but “die Farfalle”.
