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