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