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