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