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