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

