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Der, die or das Croissant?

das Croissant

Gender
neuter
English
croissant
Plural
die Croissants

Why is it das Croissant?

No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Croissant. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: das Croissant.

For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.

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Croissant in the four cases

The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Croissant: definite article first, then the indefinite article.

MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominativeder / eindie / einedas / eindie
Accusativeden / einendie / einedas / eindie
Dativedem / einemder / einerdem / einemden
Genitivedes / einesder / einerdes / einesder

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