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