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