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