Granit: der, die or das?
derGranit
Granite
Short answer: Granit takes the article der (der Granit). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “granite” in English.
Granit: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Granite
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Granit take der?
No suffix rule covers Granit, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Granit as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Granit as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Granit” but “der Granit”.
