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