Karosserie: der, die or das?
dieKarosserie
Bodywork
Short answer: Karosserie takes the article die (die Karosserie). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “bodywork” in English.
Karosserie: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Bodywork
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Karosserie take die?
Nouns ending in -ie usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 79 of 81 such words take die (97%).
See the article rules →Karosserie in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Karosserie |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Karosserie |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Karosserie |
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