Holunder: der, die or das?
derHolunder
Elderberry
Short answer: Holunder takes the article der (der Holunder). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “elderberry” in English.
Holunder: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Elderberry
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Holunder take der?
Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 179 of 221 such words take der (80%).
See the article rules →Holunder in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Holunder |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Holunder |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Holunder |
