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