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