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