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