Digitalkamera: der, die or das?
dieDigitalkamera
Digital camera
Short answer: Digitalkamera takes the article die (die Digitalkamera). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “digital camera” in English.
Digitalkamera: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Digital camera
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Digitalkamera take die?
Digitalkamera is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: die Kamera → die Digitalkamera.
See the article rules →Digitalkamera in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Digitalkamera |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Digitalkamera |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Digitalkamera |
More words ending in -kamera
They all take die, because the last part decides the article.
