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