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