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The article for

Kakao

der Kakao

Kakao is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Kakaos
English
cocoa, hot chocolate
Level
B1
Topic
Food

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Why is it der Kakao?

Kakao ends in -o, but that ending doesn’t settle the article: in a German dictionary, 45% of -o nouns take das, 43% take der, and 11% take die. So learn it with its article: der Kakao.

Which endings you can rely on
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Seeds of the cocoa tree

[1] Samen des Kakaobaums

[2] Powder from the fermented, dried seeds of the cocoa tree

[2] Pulver aus dem fermentierten, getrockneten Samen des Kakaobaums

[3] Drink made with cocoa [2]

[3] mit Kakao [2] hergestelltes Getränk

Examples

[1] Cocoa prices changed direction yesterday and rose by 5.9% to $ 2,322 per ton against the background of numerous short coverings yesterday.

[1] Die Preise für Kakao haben gestern ihre Richtung gewechselt und sind vor dem Hintergrund zahlreicher Short-Eindeckungen gestern in der Spitze um 5,9% auf 2.322 Dollar pro Tonne gestiegen.

[2] Here you can find the best tiramisu recipes with cocoa.

[2] Hier gibt es die besten Tiramisu Rezepte mit Kakao.
More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] "Merchants brought cloves and cocoa from Mauritius, and everything prospered splendidly" [4]

[2] „Von Mauritius schafften Händler Gewürznelken und Kakao herbei, und alles gedieh prächtig.“[4]

[2] "We haven't seen anything like this for a long time. The cocoa probably comes from Red Cross packages for prisoners of war."

[2] „So etwas hat es bei uns schon lange nicht mehr gegeben; der Kakao stammt wohl aus Rot-Kreuz-Paketen für die Kriegsgefangenen.“[5]

[3] I drink cocoa. every morning

[3] Ich trinke jeden Morgen Kakao.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Kakao die Kakaos
Genitiv des Kakaos der Kakaos
Dativ dem Kakao den Kakaos
Akkusativ den Kakao die Kakaos

Pronunciation

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