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