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