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