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