Familienalbum: der, die or das?
dasFamilienalbum
Family album
Short answer: Familienalbum takes the article das (das Familienalbum). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “family album” in English.
Familienalbum: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Family album
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Familienalbum take das?
Nouns ending in -um usually take das. In Yupo’s list, 18 of 18 such words take das (100%).
See the article rules →Familienalbum in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Familienalbum |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Familienalbum |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Familienalbum |
