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