Honigmelone: der, die or das?
dieHonigmelone
Honeydew melon
Short answer: Honigmelone takes the article die (die Honigmelone). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “honeydew melon” in English.
Honigmelone: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Honeydew melon
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Honigmelone 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 →Honigmelone in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Honigmelone |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Honigmelone |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Honigmelone |
