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