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