Short answer: Ampere takes the article das (das Ampere). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “ampere” in English.
Ampere: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Ampere
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Ampere take das?
Exception: most nouns ending in -e take die, but Ampere takes das. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Ampere in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Ampere |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Ampere |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Ampere |
