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