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