Short answer: Taxi takes the article das (das Taxi). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “taxi” in English.
Taxi: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Taxi
- Topic
- Travel
- Yupo level
- Beginner
Check a dictionary
You can also check the article in independent German dictionaries:
Last updated: · Method
Why does Taxi take das?
No suffix rule covers Taxi, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Taxi as something green.
See the article rules →Taxi in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Taxi |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Taxi |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Taxi |
