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