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