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