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