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