Reisig: der, die or das?
dasReisig
Brushwood
Short answer: Reisig takes the article das (das Reisig). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “brushwood” in English.
Reisig: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Brushwood
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Reisig take das?
Exception: most nouns ending in -ig take der, but Reisig takes das. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Reisig in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Reisig |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Reisig |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Reisig |
