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