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