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