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