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