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