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title: "Fahrbahnmarkierung: der, die or das? It’s die Fahrbahnmarkierung"
description: "Short answer: die Fahrbahnmarkierung, “road marking”. Accusative: die Fahrbahnmarkierung; dative: der Fahrbahnmarkierung. Learn why it takes die and test yourself with a mini quiz."
url: https://yupolearn.com/en/word/fahrbahnmarkierung/
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# Fahrbahnmarkierung: der, die or das?

die Fahrbahnmarkierung

Road marking

feminin · feminine [City and transport](https://yupolearn.com/en/topics/city-transport/) Level: Advanced

**Short answer:** Fahrbahnmarkierung takes the article die (die Fahrbahnmarkierung). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “road marking” in English.

## Fahrbahnmarkierung: word facts

- **Article**: die
- **Gender**: feminin (feminine)
- **English**: Road marking
- **Topic**: City and transport
- **Yupo level**: Advanced

## Check a dictionary

You can also check the article in independent German dictionaries:

- [Fahrbahnmarkierung in Duden →](https://www.duden.de/suchen/dudenonline/Fahrbahnmarkierung)
- [Fahrbahnmarkierung in DWDS →](https://www.dwds.de/wb/Fahrbahnmarkierung)

Last updated: October 24, 2026 · [Method](https://yupolearn.com/en/about/#method)

## Why does Fahrbahnmarkierung take die?

Nouns ending in -ung usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 337 of 337 such words take die (100%).

[See the article rules →](https://yupolearn.com/en/german-article-rules/#suffix-ung)

## Fahrbahnmarkierung in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

| Nominativ subject: who? what? | die Fahrbahnmarkierung |
| --- | --- |
| Akkusativ direct object: whom? what? | die Fahrbahnmarkierung |
| Dativ indirect object: to whom? | der Fahrbahnmarkierung |

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