Linienbus: der, die or das?
derLinienbus
Scheduled bus
Short answer: Linienbus takes the article der (der Linienbus). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “scheduled bus” in English.
Linienbus: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Scheduled bus
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Linienbus take der?
Linienbus is a compound noun. In compounds, the last part decides the article: der Bus → der Linienbus.
See the article rules →Linienbus in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Linienbus |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Linienbus |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Linienbus |
More words ending in -bus
They all take der, because the last part decides the article.
