Der, die or das Foto?
das Foto
- Gender
- neuter
- English
- photograph
- Plural
- die Fotos
Why is it das Foto?
No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Foto. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: das Foto.
For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.
Example sentences
- Das Foto zeigt unsere ganze Familie.The photo shows our whole family.
- Ich mache ein Foto vom Berg.I am taking a photo of the mountain.
Foto in the four cases
The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Foto: definite article first, then the indefinite article.
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | der / ein | die / eine | das / ein | die |
| Accusative | den / einen | die / eine | das / ein | die |
| Dative | dem / einem | der / einer | dem / einem | den |
| Genitive | des / eines | der / einer | des / eines | der |
Foto is one of about 1,700 common nouns in the free Der-Die-Das trainer. Short daily rounds with spaced repetition make the article stick.