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Box: der, die or das?

dieBox

Speaker

feminin · feminineTechnology and mediaLevel: Beginner

Short answer: Box takes the article die (die Box). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “speaker” in English.

Box: word facts

Article
die
Gender
feminin (feminine)
English
Speaker
Topic
Technology and media
Yupo level
Beginner

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Why does Box take die?

No suffix rule covers Box, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Box as something red.

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Box in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?die Box
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?die Box
Dativindirect object: to whom?der Box

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