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