Elektroauto: der, die or das?
dasElektroauto
Electric car
Short answer: Elektroauto takes the article das (das Elektroauto). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “electric car” in English.
Elektroauto: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Electric car
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Elektroauto take das?
Elektroauto is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: das Auto → das Elektroauto.
See the article rules →Elektroauto in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Elektroauto |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Elektroauto |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Elektroauto |
More words ending in -auto
They all take das, because the last part decides the article.
