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