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