Short answer: Lebensmittel takes the article das (das Lebensmittel). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “food” in English.
Lebensmittel: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Food
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Lebensmittel take das?
No suffix rule covers Lebensmittel, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Lebensmittel as something green.
See the article rules →Lebensmittel in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Lebensmittel |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Lebensmittel |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Lebensmittel |
