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