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