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