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