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