Short answer: Baguette takes the article das (das Baguette). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “baguette” in English.
Baguette: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Baguette
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Baguette take das?
Exception: most nouns ending in -ette take die, but Baguette takes das. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Baguette in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Baguette |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Baguette |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Baguette |
