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.
See the article rules →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”.

