Rotkehlchen: der, die or das?
dasRotkehlchen
Robin
Short answer: Rotkehlchen takes the article das (das Rotkehlchen). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “robin” in English.
Rotkehlchen: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Robin
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Rotkehlchen take das?
Nouns ending in -chen (diminutive) usually take das. In Yupo’s list, 17 of 19 such words take das (89%).
See the article rules →Rotkehlchen in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Rotkehlchen |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Rotkehlchen |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Rotkehlchen |
