Pate: der, die or das?
derPate
Godfather
Short answer: Pate takes the article der (der Pate). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “godfather” in English.
Pate: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Godfather
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Pate take der?
Exception: most nouns ending in -e take die, but Pate takes der. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Pate as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Pate” but “der Pate”.
