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