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