Quellcode: der, die or das?
derQuellcode
Source code
Short answer: Quellcode takes the article der (der Quellcode). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “source code” in English.
Quellcode: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Source code
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Quellcode take der?
Quellcode is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Code → der Quellcode.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Quellcode as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Quellcode” but “der Quellcode”.
More words ending in -code
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
