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