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