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