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