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