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