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