Short answer: Schlaf takes the article der (der Schlaf). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “sleep” in English.
Schlaf: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Sleep
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Schlaf take der?
No suffix rule covers Schlaf, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Schlaf as something blue.
See the article rules →Schlaf in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Schlaf |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Schlaf |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Schlaf |
