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