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