Short answer: Bankautomat takes the article der (der Bankautomat). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “ATM” in English.
Bankautomat: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- ATM
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Bankautomat take der?
No suffix rule covers Bankautomat, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Bankautomat as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Bankautomat as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Bankautomat” but “der Bankautomat”.
