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