Short answer: Bäckerei takes the article die (die Bäckerei). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “bakery” in English.
Bäckerei: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Bakery
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Bäckerei take die?
Nouns ending in -ei usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 11 of 11 such words take die (100%).
See the article rules →Bäckerei in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Bäckerei |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Bäckerei |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Bäckerei |
