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