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