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