Compound nouns: the last word decides
Mittagessen 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 Mittagessen.
der, die oder das Mittagessen?
das Mittagessen
It's das Mittagessen. Mittagessen is neuter, plural die Mittagessen.
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- Plural
- die Mittagessen
- Meaning
- lunch
- In our course
- A1
- Food & drink
Example
Das Mittagessen ist um eins.
Lunch is at one.