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