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