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