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Der, die or das PDF?

das PDF

Gender
neuter
English
PDF
Plural
die PDFs

Das PDF, from das Format. People also say die PDF, short for die PDF-Datei.

Why is it das PDF?

No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of PDF. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: das PDF.

For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.

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PDF in the four cases

The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with PDF: definite article first, then the indefinite article.

MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominativeder / eindie / einedas / eindie
Accusativeden / einendie / einedas / eindie
Dativedem / einemder / einerdem / einemden
Genitivedes / einesder / einerdes / einesder

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