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