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