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