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