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