Sonnenblume: der, die or das?
dieSonnenblume
Sunflower
Short answer: Sonnenblume takes the article die (die Sonnenblume). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “sunflower” in English.
Sonnenblume: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Sunflower
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Sonnenblume take die?
Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 583 of 607 such words take die (96%).
See the article rules →Sonnenblume in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Sonnenblume |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Sonnenblume |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Sonnenblume |
