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The article for

Süppchen

das Süppchen

Süppchen is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
die Süppchen

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Why is it das Süppchen?

Süppchen ends in -chen, and almost all nouns ending in -chen are neuter: in a German dictionary, 94% of them take das.

All nouns ending in -chen
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das

Meaning

[1] Diminutive of soup: small soup a little soup (as a single food)

[1] Diminutiv von Suppe: kleine Suppe; ein wenig Suppe (als einzelne Speise)

Examples

[1] At noon there was a soup

[1] Zum Mittag gab es ein Süppchen.

[1] "Horst Kumpel slipped back and forth, made fire in the cannon oven, cooked a soup for both of us, conjured up a bottle of schnapps"

[1] „Horst Kumpel rutschte behende hin und her, machte Feuer im Kanonenofen, kochte ein Süppchen für uns beide, zauberte eine Schnapsflasche hervor.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "In between, if no train from the south was to be expected for hours, I would cycle to Sabine Emonds and my soup"

[1] „Zwischendurch, wenn für Stunden kein Zug aus dem Süden zu erwarten war, würde ich zu Sabine Emonds hinausradeln und mein Süppchen essen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Süppchen die Süppchen
Genitiv des Süppchens der Süppchen
Dativ dem Süppchen den Süppchen
Akkusativ das Süppchen die Süppchen

Pronunciation

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