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