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