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