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