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