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