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Rucola: der, die or das?

dieRucola

Arugula

feminin · feminineFood and drinkLevel: Beginner

Short answer: Rucola takes the article die (die Rucola). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “arugula” in English.

Rucola: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Arugula
Topic
Food and drink
Yupo level
Beginner

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Why does Rucola take die?

No suffix rule covers Rucola, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Rucola as something red.

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Rucola in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?die Rucola
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?die Rucola
Dativindirect object: to whom?der Rucola

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