What does Abgasuntersuchung mean in English?

In English, die Abgasuntersuchung means “emissions test”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Abgasuntersuchung?

Nominative: die Abgasuntersuchung. Accusative: die Abgasuntersuchung. Dative: der Abgasuntersuchung.

Abgasuntersuchung: der, die or das?

dieAbgasuntersuchung

Emissions test

feminin · feminineCity and transportLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Abgasuntersuchung takes the article die (die Abgasuntersuchung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “emissions test” in English.

Abgasuntersuchung: word facts

Article: die
Gender: feminin (feminine)
English: Emissions test
Topic: City and transport
Yupo level: Advanced

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Why does Abgasuntersuchung take die?

Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 337 of 337 such words take die (100%).

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Abgasuntersuchung in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	die Abgasuntersuchung
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	die Abgasuntersuchung
Dativindirect object: to whom?	der Abgasuntersuchung