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