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