(die) Nudeln

From Lesson 17:Essen (food)·German

Note

Let me mention that for plural food you mostly do not need the article.

Ich esse Nudeln.

(I eat noodles.)

Ich esse die Nudeln.

(occurs in sentences about specific noodles: I eat the noodles, we've been talking about earlier; I eat the noodles which are standing on the table; I eat the noodles and you eat the rice....)

Breakdown of (die) Nudeln

die Nudel
the noodle
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How do German cases work?
German has four grammatical cases: nominative (subject), accusative (direct object), dative (indirect object), and genitive (possession). The case determines the form of articles and adjectives. For example, "the dog" is "der Hund" as a subject but "den Hund" as a direct object.

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