Short answer: S-Bahn takes the article die (die S-Bahn). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “commuter train” in English.
S-Bahn: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Commuter train
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does S-Bahn take die?
No suffix rule covers S-Bahn, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture S-Bahn as something red.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, die words are red. Picture S-Bahn as something red.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “S-Bahn” but “die S-Bahn”.
