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