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