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