Why is it die Buttercreme?

Buttercreme is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Creme. So it’s die Buttercreme.

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Meaning

[1] edible cream made of butter, sugar and milk powder

[1] essbare Creme aus Butter, Zucker und Milchpulver

Examples

[1] This pie is filled with butter cream

[1] Diese Torte ist mit Buttercreme gefüllt.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Buttercreme —
Genitiv der Buttercreme —
Dativ der Buttercreme —
Akkusativ die Buttercreme —

Pronunciation

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