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