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