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