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