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