Compound nouns: the last word decides
Abendessen das
Always In 98.9% of 6,721 common compound nouns, the article comes from the last word.
The last part decides the article: das Essen, so das Abendessen.
der, die oder das Abendessen?
das Abendessen
It's das Abendessen. Abendessen is neuter, plural die Abendessen.
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- Plural
- die Abendessen
- Meaning
- dinner
- In our course
- A1
- Food & drink
Example
Zum Abendessen koche ich Reis.
For dinner I cook rice.