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