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Der, die or das Frühstück?

das Frühstück

Gender
neuter
English
breakfast
Plural
die Frühstücke

Why is it das Frühstück?

Frühstück is a compound noun, and a German compound takes the gender of its last part. The last part is das Stück, so it is das Frühstück.

Example sentences

Frühstück in the four cases

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

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

Frühstück 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.

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