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