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