Short answer: Kofferraum takes the article der (der Kofferraum). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “trunk” in English.
Kofferraum: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Trunk
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Kofferraum take der?
No suffix rule covers Kofferraum, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Kofferraum as something blue.
See the article rules →Kofferraum in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Kofferraum |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Kofferraum |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Kofferraum |
