Sauerkraut: der, die or das?
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Sauerkraut
Short answer: Sauerkraut takes the article das (das Sauerkraut). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “sauerkraut” in English.
Sauerkraut: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Sauerkraut
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Sauerkraut take das?
Sauerkraut is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Kraut → das Sauerkraut.
See the article rules →Sauerkraut in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Sauerkraut |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Sauerkraut |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Sauerkraut |
More words ending in -kraut
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.
