Short answer: Selfie takes the article das (das Selfie). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “selfie” in English.
Selfie: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Selfie
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Selfie take das?
Exception: most nouns ending in -ie take die, but Selfie takes das. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Selfie in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Selfie |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Selfie |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Selfie |
