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