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