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