Short answer: Milchshake takes the article der (der Milchshake). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “milkshake” in English.
Milchshake: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Milkshake
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Milchshake take der?
No suffix rule covers Milchshake, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Milchshake as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Milchshake as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Milchshake” but “der Milchshake”.
