Anlasser: der, die or das?
derAnlasser
Starter motor
Short answer: Anlasser takes the article der (der Anlasser). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “starter motor” in English.
Anlasser: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Starter motor
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Anlasser take der?
Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 290 of 353 such words take der (82%).
See the article rules →Anlasser in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Anlasser |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Anlasser |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Anlasser |
