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