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