What does Kilometerzähler mean in English?

In English, der Kilometerzähler means “odometer”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Kilometerzähler?

Nominative: der Kilometerzähler. Accusative: den Kilometerzähler. Dative: dem Kilometerzähler.

Kilometerzähler: der, die or das?

derKilometerzähler

Odometer

maskulin · masculineCity and transportLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Kilometerzähler takes the article der (der Kilometerzähler). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “odometer” in English.

Kilometerzähler: word facts

Article: der
Gender: maskulin (masculine)
English: Odometer
Topic: City and transport
Yupo level: Advanced

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Why does Kilometerzähler take der?

Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 290 of 353 such words take der (82%).

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Kilometerzähler in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	der Kilometerzähler
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	den Kilometerzähler
Dativindirect object: to whom?	dem Kilometerzähler