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