Short answer: Byte takes the article das (das Byte). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “byte” in English.
Byte: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Byte
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Byte take das?
Exception: most nouns ending in -e take die, but Byte takes das. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Byte in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Byte |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Byte |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Byte |
