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