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