Short answer: Hähnchen takes the article das (das Hähnchen). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “chicken” in English.
Hähnchen: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Chicken
- Topic
- Food and drink
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Hähnchen take das?
Nouns ending in -chen (diminutive) usually take das. In Yupo’s list, 11 of 11 such words take das (100%).
See the article rules →Hähnchen in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Hähnchen |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Hähnchen |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Hähnchen |
