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