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