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Der, die or das Lebensmittel?

das Lebensmittel

Gender
neuter
English
food
Plural
die Lebensmittel

Why is it das Lebensmittel?

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

Example sentences

Lebensmittel in the four cases

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

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

Lebensmittel 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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