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