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