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

