Short answer: Marmelade takes the article die (die Marmelade). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “jam” in English.
Marmelade: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Jam
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Marmelade take die?
Nouns ending in -ade usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 11 of 11 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Marmelade in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Marmelade |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Marmelade |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Marmelade |
