Short answer: Mandarine takes the article die (die Mandarine). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “tangerine” in English.
Mandarine: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Tangerine
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Mandarine take die?
Nouns ending in -ine usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 21 of 21 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Mandarine in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Mandarine |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Mandarine |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Mandarine |
