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Cafeteria: der, die or das?

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Cafeteria

feminin · feminineFood and drinkLevel: Intermediate

Short answer: Cafeteria takes the article die (die Cafeteria). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “cafeteria” in English.

Cafeteria: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Cafeteria
Topic
Food and drink
Yupo level
Intermediate

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Why does Cafeteria take die?

No suffix rule covers Cafeteria, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Cafeteria as something red.

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Cafeteria in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?die Cafeteria
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?die Cafeteria
Dativindirect object: to whom?der Cafeteria

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