Stoßdämpfer: der, die or das?
derStoßdämpfer
Shock absorber
Short answer: Stoßdämpfer takes the article der (der Stoßdämpfer). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “shock absorber” in English.
Stoßdämpfer: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Shock absorber
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Stoßdämpfer take der?
Nouns ending in -er usually take der. In Yupo’s list, 290 of 353 such words take der (82%).
See the article rules →Stoßdämpfer in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Stoßdämpfer |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Stoßdämpfer |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Stoßdämpfer |
