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