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