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