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