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