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