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der, die oder das Zucker?

der Zucker

It's der Zucker. Zucker is masculine.

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Plural
No plural
Used in the singular
Meaning
sugar
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Food & drink

Example

  • Ohne Zucker, bitte.

    Without sugar, please.

Why der?

-er der

Zucker

Usually 81.3% of the 2,315 common nouns ending in -er take der.

Many -er nouns are masculine, most of all people and machines that do something: der Lehrer, der Computer.

Exceptions die Mutter, die Tochter, die Schwester, das Wasser