Der, die or das Restaurant?
das Restaurant
- Gender
- neuter
- English
- restaurant
- Plural
- die Restaurants
Why is it das Restaurant?
No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Restaurant. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: das Restaurant.
For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.
Example sentences
- Das Restaurant liegt direkt am Bahnhof.The restaurant is right at the train station.
- Wir essen heute in einem neuen Restaurant.We are eating in a new restaurant today.
Restaurant in the four cases
The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Restaurant: 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 |
Restaurant 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.