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