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das Plätzchen

like das Blatt

Is it der, die or das Plätzchen?

It's das Plätzchen. Plural: die Plätzchen.

Meaning
Christmas cookie
Gender
neuter
Level
A2 · Food
Riddle
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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. Plätzchen follows the rule.

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Plätzchen in other languages

Czech
vánoční cukroví
Slovak
vianočný koláčik
Hungarian
karácsonyi keksz
Slovenian
piškot
Italian
biscotto
Croatian
božićni kolačić
Bosnian
božićni keks
Serbian
božićni kolačić
Romanian
fursec de Crăciun
Polish
ciasteczko świąteczne
Ukrainian
різдвяне печиво
Turkish
kurabiye
Arabic
بسكويت الميلاد
Persian
شیرینی کریسمس
Dari (Afghanistan)
کلچه
Pashto (Afghanistan)
کلچه

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