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