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Dateiformat: der, die or das?

dasDateiformat

File format

neutral · neuterTechnology and mediaLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Dateiformat takes the article das (das Dateiformat). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “file format” in English.

Dateiformat: word facts

Article
das
Gender
neutral (neuter)
English
File format
Topic
Technology and media
Yupo level
Advanced

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Why does Dateiformat take das?

No suffix rule covers Dateiformat, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Dateiformat as something green.

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Dateiformat in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?das Dateiformat
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?das Dateiformat
Dativindirect object: to whom?dem Dateiformat

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