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