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