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