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