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