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