Murmeltier: der, die or das?
dasMurmeltier
Marmot
Short answer: Murmeltier takes the article das (das Murmeltier). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “marmot” in English.
Murmeltier: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Marmot
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Murmeltier take das?
Exception: most nouns ending in -er take der, but Murmeltier takes das. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Murmeltier in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Murmeltier |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Murmeltier |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Murmeltier |
