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