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