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