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