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