Short answer: Ampel takes the article die (die Ampel). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “traffic light” in English.
Ampel: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Traffic light
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Ampel take die?
No suffix rule covers Ampel, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Ampel as something red.
See the article rules →Ampel in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Ampel |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Ampel |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Ampel |
