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

