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