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