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