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