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