Short answer: QR-Code takes the article der (der QR-Code). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “QR code” in English.
QR-Code: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- QR code
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does QR-Code take der?
No suffix rule covers QR-Code, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture QR-Code as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture QR-Code as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “QR-Code” but “der QR-Code”.

