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