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