Fertigmahlzeit: der, die or das?
dieFertigmahlzeit
Ready-to-eat meal
Short answer: Fertigmahlzeit takes the article die (die Fertigmahlzeit). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “ready-to-eat meal” in English.
Fertigmahlzeit: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Ready-to-eat meal
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Fertigmahlzeit take die?
Fertigmahlzeit is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: die Mahlzeit → die Fertigmahlzeit.
See the article rules →Fertigmahlzeit in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Fertigmahlzeit |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Fertigmahlzeit |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Fertigmahlzeit |
More words ending in -mahlzeit
They all take die, because the last part decides the article.
