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