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