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

