Short answer: TSA-Schloss takes the article das (das TSA-Schloss). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “TSA lock” in English.
TSA-Schloss: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- TSA lock
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does TSA-Schloss take das?
TSA-Schloss is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Schloss → das TSA-Schloss.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, das words are green. Picture TSA-Schloss as something green.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “TSA-Schloss” but “das TSA-Schloss”.
More words ending in -schloss
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.
