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