Short answer: Akku takes the article der (der Akku). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “accumulator” in English.
Akku: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Accumulator
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Akku take der?
No suffix rule covers Akku, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Akku as something blue.
See the article rules →Akku in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Akku |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Akku |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Akku |

