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