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