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