Short answer: Sprit takes the article der (der Sprit). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “petrol” in English.
Sprit: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Petrol
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Intermediate
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Why does Sprit take der?
No suffix rule covers Sprit, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Sprit as something blue.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Sprit as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Sprit” but “der Sprit”.
