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