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