Pizzateig: der, die or das?
derPizzateig
Pizza dough
Short answer: Pizzateig takes the article der (der Pizzateig). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “pizza dough” in English.
Pizzateig: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Pizza dough
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Pizzateig take der?
Nouns ending in -ig usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 4 of 5 such words take der (80%).
See the article rules →Pizzateig in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Pizzateig |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Pizzateig |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Pizzateig |
