das Brötchen (bread roll)

das Brötchen

like das Blatt

Is it der, die or das Brötchen?

It's das Brötchen. Plural: die Brötchen.

Meaning
bread roll
Gender
neuter
Level
A2 · Food
Riddle
Das kleine Ding vom Bäcker zum Frühstück (beginnt mit B).

Why it's das: -chen / -lein

Little things: -chen and -lein make every word das, even das Mädchen. Only the little-thing ending counts: der Kuchen and der Knochen just end in -chen. Brötchen follows the rule.

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Brötchen in other languages

Czech
houska
Slovak
žemľa
Hungarian
zsemle
Slovenian
žemlja
Italian
panino
Croatian
pecivo
Bosnian
pecivo
Serbian
zemička
Romanian
chiflă
Polish
bułka
Ukrainian
булочка
Turkish
sandviç ekmeği
Arabic
رغيف صغير
Persian
نان گرد
Dari (Afghanistan)
نان گرد
Pashto (Afghanistan)
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