Short answer: Café takes the article das (das Café). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “café” in English.
Café: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Café
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Café take das?
No suffix rule covers Café, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Café as something green.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Café as something green.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Café” but “das Café”.
