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