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