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