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