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