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