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