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