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Sardine: der, die or das?

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Sardine

feminin · feminineFood and drinkLevel: Intermediate

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

Sardine: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Sardine
Topic
Food and drink
Yupo level
Intermediate

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Why does Sardine take die?

Nouns ending in -ine usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 21 of 21 such words take die (100%).

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Sardine in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

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

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