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