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