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