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Der, die or das Kaffee?

der Kaffee

Gender
masculine
English
coffee
Plural
die Kaffees

Why is it der Kaffee?

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

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

Example sentences

Kaffee in the four cases

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

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

Kaffee 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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