Short answer: Film takes the article der (der Film). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “film” in English.
Film: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Film
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Film take der?
No suffix rule covers Film, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Film as something blue.
See the article rules →Film in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Film |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Film |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Film |
