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