Short answer: Spinat takes the article der (der Spinat). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “spinach” in English.
Spinat: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Spinach
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Spinat take der?
No suffix rule covers Spinat, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Spinat as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Spinat as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Spinat” but “der Spinat”.
