Short answer: Getriebe takes the article das (das Getriebe). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “gearbox” in English.
Getriebe: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Gearbox
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Getriebe take das?
Exception: most nouns ending in -e take die, but Getriebe takes das. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Getriebe in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Getriebe |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Getriebe |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Getriebe |
