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