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