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