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

