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