Bahnschranke: der, die or das?
dieBahnschranke
Level-crossing gate
Short answer: Bahnschranke takes the article die (die Bahnschranke). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “level-crossing gate” in English.
Bahnschranke: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Level-crossing gate
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Bahnschranke take die?
Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 816 of 863 such words take die (94%).
See the article rules →Bahnschranke in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Bahnschranke |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Bahnschranke |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Bahnschranke |

