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