Fotoapparat: der, die or das?
derFotoapparat
Camera
Short answer: Fotoapparat takes the article der (der Fotoapparat). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “camera” in English.
Fotoapparat: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Camera
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Fotoapparat take der?
Fotoapparat is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Rat → der Fotoapparat.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Fotoapparat as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Fotoapparat” but “der Fotoapparat”.
More words ending in -rat
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
