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