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