Der, die or das Café?
das Café
- Gender
- neuter
- English
- coffee house
- Plural
- die Cafés
Why is it das Café?
No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Café. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: das Café.
For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.
Example sentences
- Das Café an der Ecke hat sehr guten Kuchen.The café on the corner has very good cake.
- Wir treffen uns heute in einem Café.We are meeting in a café today.
Café in the four cases
The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Café: definite article first, then the indefinite article.
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | der / ein | die / eine | das / ein | die |
| Accusative | den / einen | die / eine | das / ein | die |
| Dative | dem / einem | der / einer | dem / einem | den |
| Genitive | des / eines | der / einer | des / eines | der |
Café is one of about 1,700 common nouns in the free Der-Die-Das trainer. Short daily rounds with spaced repetition make the article stick.