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