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