Béchamelsoße: der, die or das?
dieBéchamelsoße
Béchamel sauce
Short answer: Béchamelsoße takes the article die (die Béchamelsoße). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “béchamel sauce” in English.
Béchamelsoße: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Béchamel sauce
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Béchamelsoße take die?
No suffix rule covers Béchamelsoße, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Béchamelsoße as something red.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Béchamelsoße as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Béchamelsoße” but “die Béchamelsoße”.

