What does Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum mean in English?

In English, das Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum means “best-before date”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum?

Nominative: das Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum. Accusative: das Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum. Dative: dem Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum.

Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum: der, die or das?

dasMindesthaltbarkeitsdatum

Best-before date

neutral · neuterFood and drinkLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum takes the article das (das Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “best-before date” in English.

Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum: word facts

Article: das
Gender: neutral (neuter)
English: Best-before date
Topic: Food and drink
Yupo level: Advanced

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Why does Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum take das?

Nouns ending in -um usually take das. In Yupo’s list, 18 of 18 such words take das (100%).

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Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	das Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	das Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum
Dativindirect object: to whom?	dem Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum