Short answer: SMS takes the article die (die SMS). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “SMS” in English.
SMS: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- SMS
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does SMS take die?
No suffix rule covers SMS, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture SMS as something red.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture SMS as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “SMS” but “die SMS”.
