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

