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