Straßenbau: der, die or das?
derStraßenbau
Road construction
Short answer: Straßenbau takes the article der (der Straßenbau). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “road construction” in English.
Straßenbau: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Road construction
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Straßenbau take der?
No suffix rule covers Straßenbau, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Straßenbau as something blue.
See the article rules →Straßenbau in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Straßenbau |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Straßenbau |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Straßenbau |
