Short answer: Laufwerk takes the article das (das Laufwerk). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “drive” in English.
Laufwerk: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Drive
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Laufwerk take das?
No suffix rule covers Laufwerk, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Laufwerk as something green.
See the article rules →Laufwerk in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Laufwerk |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Laufwerk |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Laufwerk |
