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