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