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