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