Breakdown of Das Kind badet in der Badewanne.
das Kind
the child
in
in
die Badewanne
the bathtub
baden
to bathe; swim
Questions & Answers about Das Kind badet in der Badewanne.
Why is it das Kind and not der Kind or die Kind?
Because Kind is a neuter noun in German, so its nominative singular article is das.
- der = masculine
- die = feminine
- das = neuter
So the correct form is das Kind.
A useful thing to remember: grammatical gender in German does not always match real-world sex. A child may be a boy or a girl, but the noun Kind is still grammatically neuter.
Why does baden become badet here?
Because the subject is das Kind, which is third person singular: it bathes / the child bathes.
The present-tense forms of baden are:
- ich bade
- du badest
- er/sie/es badet
- wir baden
- ihr badet
- sie/Sie baden
So with das Kind, you need badet.
Does badet mean bathes, is bathing, or is taking a bath?