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