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