Neugeborene: der, die or das?
dasNeugeborene
Newborn
Short answer: Neugeborene takes the article das (das Neugeborene). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “newborn” in English.
Neugeborene: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Newborn
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Neugeborene take das?
Exception: most nouns ending in -e take die, but Neugeborene takes das. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Neugeborene as something green.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Neugeborene” but “das Neugeborene”.
