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