Short answer: Pfeffer takes the article der (der Pfeffer). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “pepper” in English.
Pfeffer: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Pepper
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Pfeffer take der?
Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 179 of 221 such words take der (80%).
See the article rules →Pfeffer in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Pfeffer |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Pfeffer |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Pfeffer |
