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