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