Short answer: Schnäppchen takes the article das (das Schnäppchen). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “bargain” in English.
Schnäppchen: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Bargain
- Topic
- Shopping and money
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Schnäppchen take das?
Nouns ending in -chen (diminutive) usually take das. In Yupo’s list, 17 of 19 such words take das (89%).
See the article rules →Schnäppchen in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Schnäppchen |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Schnäppchen |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Schnäppchen |
