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