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