Picture in the app

der Mais

like der Schnee

Is it der, die or das Mais?

It's der Mais. It has no plural.

Meaning
corn
Gender
masculine
Level
A2 · Food
Riddle
In the app with Pro

No rule for this one

Most German nouns don't show their article. Mais is one to learn by heart, which is what the picture in its world is for.

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Mais in other languages

Czech
kukuřice
Slovak
kukurica
Hungarian
kukorica
Slovenian
koruza
Italian
mais
Croatian
kukuruz
Bosnian
kukuruz
Serbian
kukuruz
Romanian
porumb
Polish
kukurydza
Ukrainian
кукурудза
Turkish
mısır
Arabic
ذرة
Persian
ذرت
Dari (Afghanistan)
جواری
Pashto (Afghanistan)
جوار

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