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