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