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