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Ob das blaue Quadrat schön ist, ist für Lotte reine Geschmackssache. For Lotte, whether the blue square is beautiful is purely a matter of taste.

noun · B2

die Geschmackssache

[ɡəˈʃmaksˌzaxə]

matter of taste

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Grammar

Plural
die Geschmackssachen In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? die Geschmackssache die Geschmackssachen
Accusative wen? was? die Geschmackssache die Geschmackssachen
Dative wem? der Geschmackssache den Geschmackssachen
Genitive wessen? der Geschmackssache der Geschmackssachen

How the Word Is Built

Ge prefix schmack root s linking letter sache root

ge-
in nouns, often a group or a result: das Gebäude (building), das Geschenk (gift); in verbs, the past participle: gekauft.

A compound: der Geschmack + die Sache

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

der Geschmackschmeckendie Sachegeschmackvoll

In Otti's situations: Lotte at an art exhibition

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