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