Cholesterin: der, die or das?
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Cholesterol
Short answer: Cholesterin takes the article das (das Cholesterin). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “cholesterol” in English.
Cholesterin: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Cholesterol
- Topic
- Body and health
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Cholesterin take das?
Exception: most nouns ending in -erin take die, but Cholesterin takes das. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Cholesterin in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Cholesterin |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Cholesterin |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Cholesterin |

