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