das Croissant
croissant
A crescent-shaped French pastry, usually made from puff pastry and often eaten for breakfast.
EXAMPLE
Zum Frühstück esse ich ein warmes Croissant mit Butter.
For breakfast, I eat a warm croissant with butter.
das Croissant
croissant
das Croissant, die Croissants
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Meanings
Forms
Forms adapted from the German Wiktionary entry Croissant, by Wiktionary contributors, licence CC BY-SA 4.0.
At a glance
| gender | neuter das |
|---|---|
| plural | die Croissants |
| genitive | des Croissants |
The four cases
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | das Croissant | die Croissants |
| accusative | das Croissant | die Croissants |
| dative | dem Croissant | den Croissants |
| genitive | des Croissants | der Croissants |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
Usage tips
Recognizing compound nouns
'Croissant' usually comes at the end of compound nouns. The first part often indicates an ingredient or filling, as in 'Buttercroissant' (butter croissant) or 'Schokocroissant' (chocolate croissant).
EXAMPLE
Die Bäckerei bietet neben Buttercroissants auch Schokocroissants an.
The bakery offers chocolate croissants as well as butter croissants.
Typical collocations
Common collocations include 'frisch gebackene Croissants' (freshly baked croissants) and 'knusprige Croissants' (crispy croissants). When ready-made croissants are finished in the oven, the collocation 'Croissants aufbacken' (to bake croissants until done) is appropriate.
EXAMPLE
Am Sonntag backen wir zum Frühstück tiefgekühlte Croissants auf.
On Sunday, we bake frozen croissants in the oven for breakfast.
Specifying a filling
You can describe a filling using the pattern 'ein mit … gefülltes Croissant' (a croissant filled with …). The word following 'mit' is in the dative case.
EXAMPLE
Ich bestelle ein mit einer süßen Creme gefülltes Croissant.
I order a croissant filled with sweet cream.
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