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