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