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