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