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

