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