Weizen: der, die or das?
derWeizen
Wheat
Short answer: Weizen takes the article der (der Weizen). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “wheat” in English.
Weizen: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Wheat
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
Check a dictionary
You can also check the article in independent German dictionaries:
Last updated: · Method
Why does Weizen take der?
No suffix rule covers Weizen, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Weizen as something blue.
See the article rules →Weizen in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Weizen |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Weizen |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Weizen |
