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