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