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