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