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