Fahrerlaubnis: der, die or das?
dieFahrerlaubnis
Driving licence
Short answer: Fahrerlaubnis takes the article die (die Fahrerlaubnis). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “driving licence” in English.
Fahrerlaubnis: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Driving licence
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Fahrerlaubnis take die?
No suffix rule covers Fahrerlaubnis, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Fahrerlaubnis as something red.
See the article rules →Fahrerlaubnis in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Fahrerlaubnis |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Fahrerlaubnis |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Fahrerlaubnis |
