Geldautomat: der, die or das?
derGeldautomat
ATM
Short answer: Geldautomat takes the article der (der Geldautomat). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “ATM” in English.
Geldautomat: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- ATM
- Topic
- Shopping and money
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Geldautomat take der?
No suffix rule covers Geldautomat, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Geldautomat as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Geldautomat as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Geldautomat” but “der Geldautomat”.
