Short answer: Schicht takes the article die (die Schicht). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “shift” in English.
Schicht: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Shift
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Schicht take die?
No suffix rule covers Schicht, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Schicht as something red.
See the article rules →Schicht in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Schicht |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Schicht |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Schicht |
