Many German nouns are formed by putting two or more shorter nouns together.

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Erdbeere torte                                                         strawberry cake
Milch Kaffee                                                             milk coffee
 

These compound nouns are often linked in the middle with -e, -en, -es or -n. The word for the is usually the one corresponding to the last noun added in the compound.

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der Kranke das Haus                                     sick person house
die Kinder der Garten                                    children garden
die Schokolade der Kuchen                           chocolate cake