Der, die or das?
das Mittagessen
neuter noun · lunch · level A1
The plural
die Mittagessen - in the plural, every German noun takes the article die.
Example
Das Mittagessen steht schon auf dem Tisch.
Lunch is already on the table.
Why das?
No guessing needed: Any infinitive used as a noun is das · 100%.
"Mittagessen" follows the rule Nominalized infinitives,
which covers 28 words in the Genau course.
Words from the same topic (Food)
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