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Dim-Sum: der, die or das?

dasDim-Sum

Dim sum

neutral · neuterFood and drinkLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Dim-Sum takes the article das (das Dim-Sum). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “dim sum” in English.

Dim-Sum: word facts

Article
das
Gender
neutral (neuter)
English
Dim sum
Topic
Food and drink
Yupo level
Advanced

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Why does Dim-Sum take das?

No suffix rule covers Dim-Sum, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Dim-Sum as something green.

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Remember it by color

In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Dim-Sum as something green.

Always say and write the word with its article: not “Dim-Sum” but “das Dim-Sum”.

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