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

