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