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