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