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Zucchini: der, die or das?

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Zucchini

feminin · feminineFood and drinkLevel: Intermediate

Short answer: Zucchini takes the article die (die Zucchini). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “zucchini” in English.

Zucchini: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Zucchini
Topic
Food and drink
Yupo level
Intermediate

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Why does Zucchini take die?

No suffix rule covers Zucchini, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Zucchini as something red.

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Zucchini in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?die Zucchini
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?die Zucchini
Dativindirect object: to whom?der Zucchini

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