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

