Kondensmilch: der, die or das?
dieKondensmilch
Canned milk
Short answer: Kondensmilch takes the article die (die Kondensmilch). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “canned milk” in English.
Kondensmilch: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Canned milk
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Kondensmilch take die?
Kondensmilch is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: die Milch → die Kondensmilch.
See the article rules →Kondensmilch in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Kondensmilch |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Kondensmilch |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Kondensmilch |
More words ending in -milch
They all take die, because the last part decides the article.
