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