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