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