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