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