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