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