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