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