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