Antibiotikum: der, die or das?
dasAntibiotikum
Antibiotic
Short answer: Antibiotikum takes the article das (das Antibiotikum). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “antibiotic” in English.
Antibiotikum: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Antibiotic
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Antibiotikum take das?
Nouns ending in -um usually take das. In Yupo’s list, 29 of 29 such words take das (100%).
See the article rules →Antibiotikum in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Antibiotikum |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Antibiotikum |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Antibiotikum |
