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