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