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