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