Short answer: Gerste takes the article die (die Gerste). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “barley” in English.
Gerste: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Barley
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
Check a dictionary
You can also check the article in independent German dictionaries:
Last updated: · Method
Why does Gerste take die?
Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 583 of 607 such words take die (96%).
See the article rules →Gerste in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Gerste |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Gerste |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Gerste |
