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