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