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