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