Hefeteig: der, die or das?
derHefeteig
Yeast dough
Short answer: Hefeteig takes the article der (der Hefeteig). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “yeast dough” in English.
Hefeteig: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Yeast dough
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Hefeteig take der?
Nouns ending in -ig usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 4 of 5 such words take der (80%).
See the article rules →Hefeteig in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Hefeteig |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Hefeteig |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Hefeteig |
