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