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