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