Short answer: Sensor takes the article der (der Sensor). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “sensor” in English.
Sensor: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Sensor
- Topic
- Technology and media
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Sensor take der?
Nouns ending in -or usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 25 of 26 such words take der (96%).
See the article rules →Sensor in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Sensor |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Sensor |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Sensor |

