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