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