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