Short answer: Aquarell takes the article das (das Aquarell). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “watercolour” in English.
Aquarell: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Watercolour
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Aquarell take das?
No suffix rule covers Aquarell, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Aquarell as something green.
See the article rules →Aquarell in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Aquarell |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Aquarell |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Aquarell |
