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