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