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

