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Sahne: der, die or das?

dieSahne

Cream

feminin · feminineFood and drinkLevel: Beginner

Short answer: Sahne takes the article die (die Sahne). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “cream” in English.

Sahne: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Cream
Topic
Food and drink
Yupo level
Beginner

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Why does Sahne take die?

Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 583 of 607 such words take die (96%).

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Sahne in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?die Sahne
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?die Sahne
Dativindirect object: to whom?der Sahne

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