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