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