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Saying How Food Tastes
In German (as in English) there are several ways of telling how food tastes. You can do this with 'gut' 
and 'schlecht' from 
Lesson 1
 to say:
Der Cheeseburger schmeckt gut - The meal tastes good
Der Cheeseburger schmeckt schlecht - The meal tastes bad

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But this is vague. Why do you think it tastes good? You can use the following words to more acutely 
describe how the cheeseburger tastes:
•
delicious - 
lecker
•
delicious - 
delikat
* (a lot more formal than lecker) 
•
tasty - 
schmackhaft
•
juicy - 
saftig
* 
•
crunchy - 
knackig
•
crispy - 
knusprig
* 
•
spicy - 
würzig
, 
pikant
•
stale, tasteless - 
fade
* (Austria: fad) 
•
salty - 
salzig
•
oversalted - 
versalzen
* 
•
sweet - 
süß
•
bitter - 
bitter
•
sour - 
sauer
•
creamy - 
cremig
* 
•
hot (in the sense of "very spicy") - 
scharf
•
hot (in the sense of "very warm") - 
heiß
•
burnt - 
angebrannt
* 
•
cold - 
kalt
•
disgusting - 
schrecklich
* - You will not be tested on these descriptors.
Schmecken
is a regular verb. Here is it's conjugation:
Person
Singular
Plural
1st
ich
schmecke
wir
schmecken
2nd
du
schmeckst
ihr
schmeckt
3rd
er/sie/es
schmeckt
sie
schmecken
The first and second persons really shouldn't be used. No one is going to say, "You guys taste salty" or 
"I taste creamy" (at least hopefully). So the only forms you need to know are er/sie/es 
schmeckt
and sie 
(plural) 
schmecken
.
You can use 'schmeckt' and 'schmecken' or 'ist' and 'sind' to state how the food tastes. Just use 
whichever one you would use in English and it'll be correct.
Although the English meaning of 
schmecken
is simply 
to taste
, 
"Schmeckt der Cheeseburger?"
can be 
taken in a positive way to mean "Do you like the cheeseburger?". In other words, 
schmecken
alone can 
mean 
to taste good
.

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Dieser-forms
"
The
cheeseburger tastes good." does not sound that specific as to which cheeseburger you are talking 
about. You could be talking about some other cheeseburger than the one in front of you. It just isn't 
clear. Now, if you said, "
This
cheeseburger tastes good.", it would be obvious that you're talking about 
the cheeseburger you're eating. 'Dieser' is the German translation for 'this': "Dieser Cheeseburger 
schmeckt gut."
Dieser
Dieser is a special adjective. It changes forms in different situations: different genders and different 
cases. It can also mean 'these' when modifying a plural. Here are its forms:
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative Case
dies