Short answer: Mate-Tee takes the article der (der Mate-Tee). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “yerba mate” in English.
Mate-Tee: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Yerba mate
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Mate-Tee take der?
Mate-Tee is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Tee → der Mate-Tee.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Mate-Tee as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Mate-Tee” but “der Mate-Tee”.
More words ending in -tee
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
