Hartkäse: der, die or das?
derHartkäse
Hard cheese
Short answer: Hartkäse takes the article der (der Hartkäse). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “hard cheese” in English.
Hartkäse: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Hard cheese
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Hartkäse take der?
Hartkäse is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Käse → der Hartkäse.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Hartkäse as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Hartkäse” but “der Hartkäse”.
More words ending in -käse
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
