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

