Why does the noun Sauce have the article die?
About 90% of nouns ending in -e are feminine.
Examples
die Lampe (lamp), die Schule (school), die Tasche (bag), die Klasse (class), die Straße (street), die Sonne (sun), die Blume (flower)
Exceptions
der Junge (boy), der Löwe (lion), der Affe (monkey), der Name (name), der Käse (cheese), das Ende (end), das Auge (eye)
Declension table for German noun Sauce
How it changes across the four cases.
| Case | Definite | Indefinite | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Sauce | eine Sauce | — |
| Akkusativ | die Sauce | eine Sauce | — |
| Dativ | der Sauce | einer Sauce | — |
| Genitiv | der Sauce | einer Sauce | — |
| Nominativ | die Saucen | — Saucen | — |
| Akkusativ | die Saucen | — Saucen | — |
| Dativ | den Saucen | — Saucen | — |
| Genitiv | der Saucen | — Saucen | — |
Examples in context
Real sentences using Sauce in different cases.
| Case | Definite | Indefinite | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | — | ||
| Akkusativ | — | ||
| Dativ | — | ||
| Genitiv | — | ||
| Nominativ | — | ||
| Akkusativ | — | ||
| Dativ | — | ||
| Genitiv | — |
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Frequently asked questions
Everything you might wonder about der, die, das — and the Der Artikel app.
Is it der, die, or das Sauce?
What is the plural of die Sauce?
What does die Sauce mean in English?
How do you decline die Sauce?
- Nominativ: die Sauce
- Akkusativ: die Sauce
- Dativ: der Sauce
- Genitiv: der Sauce
These changes are necessary because German uses cases to indicate the noun’s role in a sentence (such as the subject or object). Knowing these forms allows you to build grammatically correct sentences.