MP3-Player: der, die or das?
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MP3 player
Short answer: MP3-Player takes the article der (der MP3-Player). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “MP3 player” in English.
MP3-Player: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- MP3 player
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does MP3-Player take der?
Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 290 of 353 such words take der (82%).
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture MP3-Player as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “MP3-Player” but “der MP3-Player”.
