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