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