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