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